Table B-7.  FY 2004 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Service, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian
Comparison Group
	EDUCATIONAL TIER
RACE/	TIER 1			TIER 2			TIER 3			TOTAL
ETHNICITY	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
ARMY
White	44,887	85.12%		7,287	13.82%		561	1.06%		52,735	100.00%
Black	9,302	89.80%		995	9.61%		62	0.60%		10,359	100.00%
AIAN	701	84.46%		123	14.82%		6	0.72%		830	100.00%
Asian	1,593	91.66%		126	7.25%		19	1.09%		1,738	100.00%
NHPI	604	89.61%		65	9.64%		5	0.74%		674	100.00%
Two or more	716	84.83%		117	13.86%		11	1.30%		844	100.00%
Unknown	4,660	84.27%		812	14.68%		58	1.05%		5,530	100.00%
TOTAL	62,463	85.91%		9,525	13.10%		722	0.99%		72,710	100.00%
Hispanic	8,107	88.44%		989	10.79%		71	0.77%		9,167	100.00%
Not Hispanic*	54,356	85.54%		8,536	13.43%		651	1.02%		63,543	100.00%
TOTAL	62,463	85.91%		9,525	13.10%		722	0.99%		72,710	100.00%
NAVY
White	23,791	93.31%		1,308	5.13%		398	1.56%		25,497	100.00%
Black	7,414	95.33%		270	3.47%		93	1.20%		7,777	100.00%
AIAN	1,979	93.57%		115	5.44%		21	0.99%		2,115	100.00%
Asian	1,500	94.40%		49	3.08%		40	2.52%		1,589	100.00%
NHPI	464	92.99%		25	5.01%		10	2.00%		499	100.00%
Two or more	834	94.02%		44	4.96%		9	1.01%		887	100.00%
Unknown	1,011	96.10%		22	2.09%		19	1.81%		1,052	100.00%
TOTAL	36,993	93.85%		1,833	4.65%		590	1.50%		39,416	100.00%
Hispanic	5,589	93.87%		272	4.57%		93	1.56%		5,954	100.00%
Not Hispanic*	31,404	93.85%		1,561	4.66%		497	1.49%		33,462	100.00%
TOTAL	36,993	93.85%		1,833	4.65%		590	1.50%		39,416	100.00%
MARINE CORPS
White	23,736	96.50%		822	3.34%		39	0.16%		24,597	100.00%
Black	2,444	97.14%		69	2.74%		3	0.12%		2,516	100.00%
AIAN	329	97.05%		9	2.65%		1	0.29%		339	100.00%
Asian	592	96.89%		19	3.11%		0	0.00%		611	100.00%
NHPI	262	96.32%		9	3.31%		1	0.37%		272	100.00%
Two or more	303	96.50%		11	3.50%		0	0.00%		314	100.00%
Unknown	1,449	96.15%		58	3.85%		0	0.00%		1,507	100.00%
TOTAL	29,115	96.55%		997	3.31%		44	0.15%		30,156	100.00%
Hispanic	4,671	96.21%		175	3.60%		9	0.19%		4,855	100.00%
Not Hispanic*	24,444	96.61%		822	3.25%		35	0.14%		25,301	100.00%
TOTAL	29,115	96.55%		997	3.31%		44	0.15%		30,156	100.00%
AIR FORCE
White	25,570	98.93%		228	0.88%		49	0.19%		25,847	100.00%
Black	4,887	99.07%		38	0.77%		8	0.16%		4,933	100.00%
AIAN	247	98.02%		4	1.59%		1	0.40%		252	100.00%
Asian	1,018	99.32%		5	0.49%		2	0.20%		1,025	100.00%
NHPI	396	99.75%		1	0.25%		0	0.00%		397	100.00%
Two or more	627	99.37%		3	0.48%		1	0.16%		631	100.00%
Unknown	600	99.17%		4	0.66%		1	0.17%		605	100.00%
TOTAL	33,345	98.98%		283	0.84%		62	0.18%		33,690	100.00%
Hispanic	3,184	99.07%		27	0.84%		3	0.09%		3,214	100.00%
Not Hispanic*	30,161	98.97%		256	0.84%		59	0.19%		30,476	100.00%
TOTAL	33,345	98.98%		283	0.84%		62	0.18%		33,690	100.00%
TOTAL DoD
White	117,984	91.69%		9,645	7.50%		1,047	0.81%		128,676	100.00%
Black	24,047	93.99%		1,372	5.36%		166	0.65%		25,585	100.00%
AIAN	3,256	92.08%		251	7.10%		29	0.82%		3,536	100.00%
Asian	4,703	94.76%		199	4.01%		61	1.23%		4,963	100.00%
NHPI	1,726	93.70%		100	5.43%		16	0.87%		1,842	100.00%
Two or more	2,480	92.68%		175	6.54%		21	0.78%		2,676	100.00%
Unknown	7,720	88.80%		896	10.31%		78	0.90%		8,694	100.00%
TOTAL	161,916	92.01%		12,638	7.18%		1,418	0.81%		175,972	100.00%
Hispanic	21,551	92.93%		1,463	6.31%		176	0.76%		23,190	100.00%
Not Hispanic*	140,365	91.87%		11,175	7.31%		1,242	0.81%		152,782	100.00%
TOTAL	161,916	92.01%		12,638	7.18%		1,418	0.81%		175,972	100.00%
18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS
White	17,477,790	80.17%		**	**		4,323,659	19.83%		21,801,448	100.00%
Black	2,904,687	74.96%		**	**		970,393	25.04%		3,875,080	100.00%
AIAN	184,772	67.52%		**	**		88,872	32.48%		273,644	100.00%
Asian	1,012,685	88.18%		**	**		135,694	11.82%		1,148,380	100.00%
NHPI	70,330	88.07%		**	**		9,526	11.93%		79,856	100.00%
Two or more	469,597	79.91%		**	**		118,037	20.09%		587,634	100.00%
Unknown	0	NA		**	**		0	NA		0	NA
TOTAL	22,119,860	79.67%		**	**		5,646,182	20.33%		27,766,042	100.00%
Hispanic	3,048,839	62.12%		**	**		1,859,210	37.88%		4,908,048	100.00%
Not Hispanic*	19,071,022	83.43%		**	**		3,786,972	16.57%		22,857,994	100.00%
TOTAL	22,119,860	79.67%		**	**		5,646,182	20.33%		27,766,042	100.00%
*  Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.
**Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, October 2003-September 2004.